ABOUT JOCKO WILLINK



Jocko Willink is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, Dichotomy of Leadership, host of the top-rated Jocko Podcast, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer, leadership instructor, speaker and strategic advisor. Jocko spent 20 years in the SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. As commander of SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the "Ready First" Brigade of the U.S. Army's First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War.



Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams. There, he spearheaded the development of leadership training and personally instructed and mentored the next generation of SEAL leaders who have continued to perform with great success on the battlefield. Jocko is the recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and numerous other personal and unit awards.



Upon retiring from the Navy, Jocko co-founded Echelon Front, a premier leadership consulting company, where he teaches the leadership principles he learned on the battlefield to help others lead and win. Jocko also authored the Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual, a New York Times Bestseller, and the best selling Way of the Warrior Kid children's book series.



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ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK FINAL SPIN



Jocko Willink's life and career following a decorated turn as a Navy SEAL has seen him achieve great success as a writer, businessman, and podcast host. He used tremendous self-discipline to accomplish these goals. He is also a true renaissance man who wants to tell a story that burns in him. One about people down on their luck, struggling to find their way, and of those that, when their one chance arises, don't pass it up. With that he presents a powerful and poignant debut novel, FINAL SPIN: A Novel (St. Martin's Press, On Sale November 9, 2021, $26.99).



Two brothers stuck in separate but equal dead-end worlds. Johnny has watched out for his brother Arty, who is an idiosyncratic person, for as long as he can remember. Along with his best friend, Goat, Johnny knows there's not much future for any of them in their town. Johnny's girlfriend, Jessica, is the type of soul that life has driven hard. Johnny and Goat stock shelves overnight while Arty toils daily in a laundromat. No one in this crew has a chance to walk the path to fame and fortune.

But even those that rarely have good luck smile upon them will at least once in their lives will come face-to-face with extraordinary opportunity. Johnny and Goat may very well have stumbled upon the chance of a lifetime. A chance not just for them, but also to take care of Arty and Jessica. First, though, they have to survive being on the run thanks to their golden "opportunity."